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Experts

Muriel Schrikkema – Mrs. Feedforward

As a believer that we are all capable of achieving so much more by better application of our talents, Muriel lives by the philosophy that an open and action orientated dialogue is intrinsic for high performance as an individual, team and organization. She is an skilled feedforward coach, trainer and program director in high performance leadership and change programs.

Marco Schreurs – Mr. HPO Insight™

For Marco, nothing beats transforming the performance of organizations. Blending the power of proven insight with inspirational examples. Marco is an HPO expert and works with organizations who want to push their financial and strategic performance. Marco is responsible for the HPO Insight™ improvement tool and the feedforward analysis™.

Esther Mollema – Mrs. Mindbugs

Esther Mollema believes that the strength of organizations lies in our individual differences. She is a thought leader and author on how to bring about diversity for better business results and profit levels. As a sought-after speaker, Esther has traveled the world sharing her insights on business, High Performance Organizations (HPO), diversity and inclusion.

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Tailor-made programs

Tailor-made programs means, according to Direction, that your requirements and organization are core issues. Developing a tailor-made programs is a process that we will work on together with you and your organization. We develop many Management Development sessions which include the topic of High Performance Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion or feedforward.

Esther Mollema | Mindbugs

Esther Mollema

Mrs. Mindbugs

Esther Mollema believes that the strength of organisations lies in our individual differences. She is a thought leader and author on how to bring about diversity for better business results and profit levels. As a sought-after speaker, Esther has traveled the world sharing her insights on business, High Performance Organizations (HPO), diversity and inclusion. TheNextWomen have recognized Esther as one of the 100 most successful and influential entrepreneurs in the Netherlands.

Biografie Esther Mollema

Esther Mollema believes that the strength of organisations lies in our individual differences. She is a thought leader and author on how to bring about diversity for better business results and profit levels. As a sought-after speaker, Esther has traveled the world sharing her insights on business, High Performance Organizations (HPO), diversity and inclusion. TheNextWomen have recognized Esther as one of the 100 most successful and influential entrepreneurs in the Netherlands.

Esther is a thought leader and author of the book ‘50% Meer Talent’ (50% More Talent), which outlines how organisations can profit from adding more diverse employees to their board level and gives practical ways to achieve it. Her book ‘Succes in Veelvoud (Managing Diversity and Inclusion) details how to bring about diversity for better business results and profit levels.

Esther has traveled the world sharing her insights on business, High Performance Organizations (HPO), diversity and inclusion. She has a special passion for helping those who want to enter female leadership and for influencing a change in implicit bias.

Esther is a partner of the Professional Boards Forums (PBF) – hosts of events where talented women meet executives who influence non-executive director (NED) board appointments. PBF now operates in the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and Norway.

Also working as a consultant to medium and large size organisations on how to achieve High Performance and instil a culture of diversity and inclusion, Esther uses her talents to insert the inspiration and achievement into her client’s businesses so that they have long-term innovation and success.

Esther’s no-nonsense approach engages listeners of all levels, as does her fun delivery and empathy. The result is a unique mix appreciated by audiences both in the Netherlands and overseas.

TheNextWomen have recognised Esther as one of the 100 most successful and influential entrepreneurs in the Netherlands.

Clients about Esther Mollema

“An outstanding event with an extremely high quality of Chairmen, CEO’s and executive females present. The Boardsforum is an investment in time that I would recommend to all senior female executives looking for future board appointments as well as Chairmen looking for visibility of top female talent.”Helen Mets-Morris, VP and Managing Director Avery Dennison

“After having taken part Chairperson twice, I can say that this is a perfect platform for women to take a peek into the world of a Commissioner”.
Marike van Lier Lels, commissioner – Reed Elsevier

“Looking back I realize again what a great gift Esther Mollema has given to all women. I Hope that I can attend more workshops and learn more from her!”Ilse Roeleveld, Compliance Officer ING

What are Mindbugs?

Diversity in leadership within organizations can be a powerful competitive advantage. Various teams are more successful and get better results than homogeneous teams. But why does it cost so much effort to achieve diversity in leadership organizations? Don’t we select the best people for all of our teams? The answer is actually surprising: No, we don’t.

Mindbugs make us not initially choose the best people, but follow an unconscious preference for people who are like us.

Customer feedback

“Looking back I realize again what a great gift Esther Mollema has given to all women. I Hope that I can attend more workshops and learn more from her!”

Ilse Roeleveld

Compliance Officer ING

“Esther Mollema summarizes brilliantly how our own Mindbugs continue to stop this change structurally and lists practical tools we can use to achieve much stronger inclusive leadership.”

Sonya Richardson

President Professional Women’s Network Global

“The workshop on gender diversity is a concrete and well-founded story. Every manager should hear this story.”

Paul Brinker

Group Finance ING

“I really enjoyed the Mindbugs workshop. The insights were not very new to me but I was very impressed by how impactfully those insights and Mindbugs were highlighted.”

Hetty Fento

manager Everheds Faasen, lawyers and notaries

“Diversity has started as a project but it is now a permanent part of our process, which is what you want to achieve as an organization.”

Pieter Jongstra

former CEO EY Nederland

“With her no-nonsense mentality and in-depth knowledge about diversity in relation to high-performance organizations, Esther allows both men and women to see and feel the power of diversity. You are touched by Esther, whether you talk to her one on one or read one of her books. I am always impressed by her impact.”

Nicolette Loonen

member of ABP’s Supervisory Board

“With this training, you can clearly see that people think in traditional patterns. The test showed, for example, that I also have a slight preference for male leadership and that I also have biases about women who presumably cannot drive.”

Alma Krug

diversity program manager at Heijmans

“After having taken part Chairperson twice, I can say that this is a perfect platform for women to take a peek into the world of a Commissioner”.

Marike van Lier Lels – commissioner Reed Elsevier

“Esther Mollema brings up for discussion that which cannot be discussed in terms of diversity and high performance at Schiphol Group.”

Jos Nijhuis

former President and CEO of Schiphol Group

It all starts with recognizing and acknowledging our Mindbugs.
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